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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Please note about this email:

• It is a next of kin / dead customer scam (6 typical phrases found).
  

Fraud email example:

From: "FRANK SADIQ" <fransadiq@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: franksadiq1940@sify.com
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 09:49:27 +0000
Subject: SEASON GREETINGS

Dear Sir/madam.                   
indentity. Website:-
http//www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/obasanjo.obituary/index.html
 
I am barrister  Frank B.Sadiq, private attorney to the late Mrs Stella Obasanjo, wife of the Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, who died on sunday 23rd of October, 2005 at  a  Hospital in spain, she had traveled to spain to undergo surgery and died from complications resulting from that surgery.

As the personal attorney to the deceased, i handle every of her affairs, mostly properties and funds both domestic and in oversea's. In this case my clients who left huge amount of Million GB Pounds Sterling and so many investment with my signatures aboroad.

Very soon my client's family will call me to account for my client's properties and fund offshores.
At this jucture, i seek your consent to present you as the benefector to my client's fund deposited in Europe which i will desclose to you, since i have all the documents regarding the depositing of the funds.

 I will procure all necessary legal documentation that can be used to back up any claim we might make.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, I promise that you and i can share the money 60/40%. Please
awaiting your urgent reponse if you are intersted. I believed my letter recieved a favourable consideration from you as i await your respond as soon as able possible. On your reply i will attach my copy of international passport for proper proof of my
indentity. Website:-
http//www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/obasanjo.obituary/index.htm1
Best Regards,

Barrister Frank B.Sadiq.
Frank Bello Sadiq & co
Legal Practitional,
404 Ibb Road,
Ikoyi Lagos,
Nigeria.

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